Paul on the Cross by David A Brondos

Paul on the Cross by David A Brondos

Even as theologians have become more critical of classic theories of atonement, biblical scholars have continued to rely upon such theories as a basis for interpreting Paul's teaching regarding salvation and the cross. In this vital volume, Brondos looks to the recent advances in New Testament scholarship to argue for an alternative understanding of Paul's doctrine of salvation and the cross.

Paul, says Brondos, understood Jesus' death primarily as the consequence of his mission: to serve as God's instrument to bring about the long-awaited redemption of Israel, in which Gentiles throughout the world would also be included. For Paul, Jesus' death is salvific not because it satisfies some necessary condition for human salvation, as most doctrines of the atonement have traditionally maintained, nor because it effects some change in the situation of human beings or the world in general. Rather, Jesus' God responded to Jesus' faithfulness unto death by raising him, thereby ensuring that all the divine promises of salvation would be fulfilled through him.

Jesus' death forms part of an overarching story culminating in the redemption of Israel and the world. It is this story, and in particular what preceded and followed Jesus' death on the cross, that makes that death redemptive for Paul.

Brondos, David a.: - David A. Brondos is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America who has served as Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at the Theological Community of Mexico since 1996, the same year in which he received his PhD degree from King's College London. From 2000-2004 he served as Dean of the Theological Community, a consortium of seminaries in Mexico City that includes Augsburg Lutheran Seminary, where he also teaches Lutheran studies. In 2011, David was named Coordinator of the Seminary's online course program, which over the past seven years has enrolled hundreds of students from over 25 countries, including all of the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, Spain, and the United States. A member of the Society of Biblical Literature since 2002, David has published articles and books in both English and Spanish in the areas of New Testament studies, Pauline theology, the history of Christian thought, and Lutheran doctrine. From 2011-2014 he served as Chair of the Steering Committee of the ELCA Association of Teaching Theologians, and since 2011 he has been a member of the Editorial Council of Dialog: A Journal of Theology, in which a number of his articles have appeared. His biblical and theological writings include four books published by Fortress Press (Minneapolis): The Letter and the Spirit: Discerning God's Will in a Complex World (2005), Paul on the Cross: Reconstructing the Apostle's Story of Redemption (2006), Fortress Introduction to Salvation and the Cross (2007), and Redeeming the Gospel: The Christian Faith Reconsidered (2011). To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the posting of Martin Luther's 95 Theses, on Oct. 31, 2017 David posted 94 theses of his own on his website http: //94t.mx, where other of his writings, both published and unpublished, can be found. The present work, Jesus' Death in New Testament Thought, is the result of over 40 years of research on the subject of the salvific significance ascribed to Jesus' death in the New Testament and in Christian theology from patristic times to the present.

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ISBN 13	9780800637880
ISBN 10	0800637887
Title	Paul on the Cross
Author	David A Brondos
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	1517 Media
Year published	2006-08-23
Number of pages	256
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